Marchant Chest Tomb and Railings About 13 Metres North of the Church Porch, West Side of the Path of the Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. A C18 Tomb.

Marchant Chest Tomb and Railings About 13 Metres North of the Church Porch, West Side of the Path of the Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
slow-gable-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1990
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
TQ 679 417
Coordinates
51.15019, 0.40012
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Marchant chest tomb and its surrounding railings, located about 13 meters north of the church porch on the west side of the path of the Church of All Saints, date from the late 18th century. The chest tomb is made of Portland stone and white marble, featuring a rectangular shape on a deep, moulded plinth with a flat, oversailing lid. It has moulded corner pilasters and similar pilasters at the center of the sides and ends. The white marble inscription panels honor Thomas Marchant, who died in 1768, along with other family members. There is a cartouche with armorial bearings on the west end. The railings are made of cast iron, with diagonally-set square section verticals topped with plain spoke finials. The principal standards are columnar and feature depressed ball finials. This monument is a very complete example and is situated in an outstanding churchyard.

Local climate

Marchant Chest Tomb and Railings About 13 Metres North of the Church Porch, West Side of the Path of the Church of All Saints receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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